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"I
am still learning."
-- Michelangelo
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English-Language Arts
The
IMA Hero™ Web Site, Activity Books, and
Lesson Plans Comply with the Following English-Language
Arts Content Standards for California Public
Schools*
Kindergarten
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Grade
5
KINDERGARTEN
Reading
1.3 Understand
that printed materials provide information.
1.10 Identify and produce rhyming words.
1.15 Read simple one-syllable words.
2.4 Retell familiar stories.
2.5 Ask and answer questions about essential
elements of a text.
3.3 Identify characters, settings, and important
events.
Writing
1.2
Write consonant-vowel-consonant words.
1.3 Write by moving from left to right and from
top to bottom.
Written
and Oral English Language Conventions
1.1
Recognize and use complete, coherent sentences
when speaking.
Listening
and Speaking
1.2
Share information and ideas, speaking audibly
in complete, coherent sentences.
2.1 Describe people, places, things.
Reading
1.1 Match
oral words to printed words.
1.3 Identify letters, words, and sentences.
2.2 Respond to who, what, when, where, and
how questions.
3.1 Identify and describe elements in a story.
Writing
1.2
Use descriptive words when writing.
1.3 Print legibly and space letters, words,
and sentences appropriately.
2.1 Write brief narratives.
2.2 Write brief expository descriptions.
Written
and Oral English Language Conventions
1.1
Write and speak in complete, coherent sentences.
1.5 Use a period, exclamation point, or question
mark at the end of sentences.
1.7 Capitalize the first word of a sentence,
names of people, and the pronoun I.
1.8 Spell three- and four-letter short-vowel
words and grade-level appropriate sight words
correctly.
Listening
and Speaking
1.1
Listen attentively.
1.2 Ask questions for clarification and understanding.
2.2 Retell stories using basic story grammar
and relating the sequence of story events
by answering who, what, when, where, why,
and how questions.
Reading
2.5 Restate
facts and details in the text to clarify
and organize ideas.
2.7 Interpret information from diagrams,
charts, and graphs.
Writing
2.5
Restate facts and details in the text
to clarify and organize ideas.
2.7 Interpret information from diagrams,
charts, and graphs.
Written
and Oral English Language Conventions
1.3
Identify and correctly use various parts
of speech, including nouns and verbs,
in writing and speaking.
Listening
and Speaking
1.1
Determine the purpose or purposes of listening
(e.g., to obtain information, to solve
problems, for enjoyment).
1.2 Ask for clarification and explanation
of stories and ideas.
1.3 Paraphrase information that has been
shared orally by others.
1.5 Organize presentations to maintain
a clear focus.
1.6 Speak clearly and at an appropriate
pace for the type of communication (e.g.,
informal discussion, report to class).
1.8 Retell stories, including characters,
setting, and plot.
1.9 Report on a topic with supportive
facts and details.
2.2 Report on a topic with facts and details
drawing from several sources of information.
Reading
1.3
Read aloud narrative and expository
text.
2.3 Demonstrate comprehension by identifying
answers in the text.
Writing
1.1
Create a single paragraph.
2.1 Write narratives.
2.2 Write descriptions that use concrete
sensory details to present and support
unified impressions of people, places,
things, or experiences.
Listening
and Speaking
1.1
Retell, paraphrase, and explain what
has been said by a speaker.
1.3 Respond to questions with appropriate
elaboration.
1.5 Organize ideas chronologically.
1.6 Provide a beginning, a middle,
and an end, including concrete details
that develop a central idea.
1.7 Use clear and specific vocabulary
to communicate ideas and establish
the tone.
1.8 Clarify and enhance oral presentations
through the use of appropriate props.
Reading
1.1
Read narrative and expository
text aloud.
2.2 Use appropriate strategies
when reading for different purposes.
2.5 Compare and contrast information
on the same topic.
Writing
1.2
Create multiple-paragraph compositions.
1.4 Write fluidly and legibly
in cursive or joined italic.
1.5 Quote or paraphrase information
sources.
2.1 Write narratives.
2.3 Write information reports.
2.4 Write summaries that contain
the main ideas of the reading
selection and the most significant
details.
Written
and Oral English Language Conventions
1.1
Use simple and compound sentences
in writing and speaking.
1.2 Combine short, related sentences
with appositives, participial
phrases, adjectives, adverbs,
and prepositional phrases.
Listening
and Speaking
1.1
Ask thoughtful questions and respond
to relevant questions with appropriate
elaboration in oral settings.
1.2 Summarize major ideas and
supporting evidence presented
in spoken messages and formal
presentations.
1.5 Present effective introductions
and conclusions that guide and
inform the listener's understanding
of important ideas and evidence.
2.1 Make narrative presentations.
2.3 Deliver oral summaries.
Reading
1.1
Read aloud narrative and expository
text fluently and accurately
and with appropriate pacing,
intonation, and expression.
2.2 Analyze text that is organized
in sequential or chronological
order.
2.3 Discern main ideas and
concepts presented in text.
Writing
1.1
Create multiple-paragraph
narrative compositions.
1.2 Create multiple-paragraph
expository compositions.
2.3 Write research reports
about important ideas, issues,
or events.
Written
and Oral English Language
Conventions
1.1 Identify and correctly
use prepositional phrases,
appositives, and independent
and dependent clauses; use
transitions and conjunctions
to connect ideas.
1.4 Use correct capitalization.
Listening
and Speaking
1.4
Select a focus, organizational
structure, and point of view
for an oral presentation.
1.5 Clarify and support spoken
ideas with evidence and examples.
1.6 Engage the audience with
appropriate verbal cues, facial
expressions, and gestures.
2.1 Deliver narrative presentations.
2.2 Deliver informative presentations
about an important idea, issue,
or event.
2.3 Deliver oral responses
to literature.
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